Success in a global market 1996 - present

With Christian O. Erbe and his brother-in-law Reiner Thede, the first joint managers in the history of the company took over in 2003.

Christian O. Erbe and Reiner Thede

With Christian O. Erbe and his
brother-in-law Reiner Thede, the first joint managers in the history of
the company took over in 2003. Both have been company directors since
1996, and together with Helmut Erbe, have led the company into the new
millennium. Since then, Erbe has developed at an incredible pace. Now in
2014, the company employs 867 members of staff worldwide, almost twice
as many as in 2002. The international sales network has grown to a total
of 13 subsidiaries and two representative offices.

New chapters
also continue to be written in the story of Erbe's commercial premises: a
research and development center was built in 2002 at company
headquarters, followed in 2008 by a logistics center. Between 2011 and
2013, Erbe acquired further buildings in the immediate vicinity of the
company's headquarters and in Rangendingen, which is around 25
kilometers away from Tuebingen, a second plant was established. With its
construction project "Expansion West", the company has made a quantum
leap in terms of company history: when "Expansion West" is inaugurated
in spring 2015, the company premises in Waldhoernlestrasse will double
in size. A training center for customers and for our own employees will
be the key element; however, new company catering facilities, additional
office space and the vigorous renovation of the entire complex are also
part of the largest construction project in 163 years of company
history.

Whether as part of "Industry on campus", in research
collaboration with renowned universities and scientific centers
throughout the world, or as part of our traditionally close cooperation
with universities in Germany: Erbe employees are constantly exchanging
information with doctors and scientists in order to recognize the latest
trends in research and development and to utilize these for the benefit
of patients.

Erbe VIO

In 2002, the electrosurgical system Erbe VIO was launched on the market. Using VIO, clinics and practice-based specialist physicians can combine instruments and additional components in a manner tailored to suit their individual needs, all in a single workstation. The VIO product range offers custom electrosurgery for a wide variety of applications, from general surgery to gynecology, and from gastroenterology to urology. The VIO workstations support compatibility and networking with OR systems and robotic systems from other manufacturers.

HybridKnife

HybridKnife is the only instrument on the medical engineering market that combines electrosurgery with waterjet surgery. It enables, for example, fast, risk-free and inexpensive removal of changes and tumors in the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract through endoscopic intervention. HybridKnife allows the essential steps to be carried out, from marking to elevation, and from dissection to staunching of bleeding, generally without any change of instrument.

BiCision

The BiCision instrument developed by Erbe facilitates innovative surgical procedures that are gentler from the patient's perspective, and support more effective surgery. The instrument exposes tissue structures, staunches blood, seals blood vessels as a result of the effect of the heat, and performs cutting. With BiCision, surgeons can separate blood vessels and tissue bundles directly following electrosurgical sealing, without changing instruments.